Jiří Pelikán (chess player)

Jiří (Jorge) Pelikán (Častolovice, 23 April 1906 – Chacabuco, July 1984) was a Czech–Argentine chess master.

In 1935, Jiří Pelikán tied for 2nd-4th in Luhačovice (Karel Opočensky won) then won in Prague (12th Kautsky memorial). In 1936, he tied for 7-8th in Poděbrady (Salo Flohr won). In 1936, he tied for 6-7th in Novi Sad (Vasja Pirc won). In 1936, he won in Prague (13th Kautsky memorial). In 1937, he took 5th in Bad Elster (Ludwig Rellstab and Efim Bogoljubow won). In 1937, he took 8th in Prague as Paul Keres won.

He played for Czechoslovakia (known as the Protectorate of Bohemia & Moravia in 1939) in three Chess Olympiads:

He won the individual silver medal at Warsaw 1935 for his 70% score.

Following the outbreak of World War II, Pelikan, along with many other participants of the 8th Olympiad (Miguel Najdorf, Erich Eliskases et al.) decided to stay permanently in Argentina.

In 1942, Jorge Pelikán tied for 6-7th in Mar del Plata (Miguel Najdorf won). In 1943, he tied for 3rd-6th in Mar del Plata (Gideon Ståhlberg won). In 1944, he tied for 7-8th in Mar del Plata (Herman Pilnik and Najdorf won). In 1945/46, he took 4th, behind René Letelier, Carlos Skalicka, and Movsas Feigins, in Buenos Aires (Círculo La Régence).

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